Also:
Anglican apology applauded, but what about
attack on Julia Baird?(Sydney Morning Herald) Oct 15 – (Opinion: Peter FitzSimons) You will recall all the bitter accusations
made against the ABC and my sister-from-another-mister Julia Baird over the
latter’s reports about women in the Christian church (of all denominations)
who said their leaders were telling them to submit to domestic abuse in the
name of God.

Greece passes gender-change law opposed by
Orthodox church (The Guardian,
Australia) Oct 11 - Greece’s leftwing government has passed legislation enabling citizens
to determine their gender identity amid fierce condemnation from the Orthodox
church and accusations the law would “destroy human beings”.

We have to stop normalising relentless
Islamophobia in Australia (The
Guardian, Australia) Oct 14 – (Opinion: Rabia Siddique) Terrorised, persecuted, stateless, homeless,
and, until recently, without real international support – this is the plight of
the Rohingya, a Muslim minority community being forced out of Myanmar.

Abbott looks to Pell on energy policy (The Saturday Paper) Oct 14 – (Opinion: Karen Middleton) On May 4, 2006, Cardinal George Pell gave a
speech to the Legatus Summit in the southern American city of Naples, Florida.

Also:
Anglican rector criticises $1m donation to
no campaign from Sydney diocese (The
Guardian, Australia) Oct 10 - An Anglican rector has penned a strongly worded letter criticising the
decision of the Sydney diocese to donate $1m to the no campaign in Australia’s
postal survey on same-sex marriage, saying it is akin to an earlier era when
the church “sought to control political processes in concert with government”.